Peaches Geldof, the journalist and model, died after taking heroin, an inquest in Gravesend, Kent has been told. Her body was found by her husband, Thomas Cohen, who found Peaches "slumped" on the edge of her bed in a spare room, with one leg dangling over the edge.

Heroin Contributed To The Death of Peaches Geldof

Mr Cohen called his mother before contacting emergency services, the hearing was told. Detective Chief Inspector Paul Fortheringham of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said a post-mortem examination was inconclusive.

"Peaches maintained contact with family and friends throughout Sunday and at 5pm Thomas's father Keith Cohen took the youngest child, Phaedra, back to Wrotham and spent half an hour with Peaches before leaving the child with her."

At the time of her death, police discovered no evidence of drugs paraphernalia in the house, leading to speculation that items may have been removed before the property was searched.

It is not known who supplied the young mother with the drugs.

Miss Geldof's mother, Paula Yates, died from a heroin overdose in 2000. She was found dead at her home in Notting Hill having taken accidental overdose while alone with Peaches' sister, Tiger Lily, then aged four.

Hours before she was found dead, Miss Geldof posted a photograph her herself and her mother on Instagram.